Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Apron Layout"
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:apron_layout1.png|thumb|left|270px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:apron_layout1.png|thumb|left|270px|Community borehole apron with wide circulation area and pedestal for container]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:apron_layout2.png|thumb|left|230px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:apron_layout2.png|thumb|left|230px|Community tapstand with wide entrance and enlarged circulation area with raised edges (still under construction)]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:apron_layout3.png|thumb|left|260px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:apron_layout3.png|thumb|left|260px|Community borehole with wide circulation area added to usual circular apron with raised edge]] |
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | |width="20%"|'''Cost / labour''' | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Community borehole apron with wide circulation area and pedestal for container | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Community borehole apron with wide circulation area and pedestal for container''' |
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* Offers a choice for users of where to stand or sit to operate pump handle | * Offers a choice for users of where to stand or sit to operate pump handle | ||
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|Medium | |Medium | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Community tapstand with wide entrance and enlarged circulation area with raised edges (still under construction) | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Community tapstand with wide entrance and enlarged circulation area with raised edges (still under construction)''' |
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* Layout provides ample space for users to enter and turn easily | * Layout provides ample space for users to enter and turn easily | ||
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|Medium | |Medium | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Community borehole with wide circulation area added to usual circular apron with raised edge | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Community borehole with wide circulation area added to usual circular apron with raised edge''' |
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* Additional space enables a person with a mobility device to choose position to operate the handpump from | * Additional space enables a person with a mobility device to choose position to operate the handpump from | ||
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| Raised edge restricts access to placing and retrieving water container | | Raised edge restricts access to placing and retrieving water container | ||
| Can be added to existing borehole structures <br> | | Can be added to existing borehole structures <br> | ||
| − | [[Image:apron_layout4.png|140px]] | + | [[Image:apron_layout4.png|thumb|140px|Credit: WaterAid / CoU-TEDDO]] |
|Medium | |Medium | ||
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===Acknowledgements=== | ===Acknowledgements=== | ||
| − | * Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid. | + | * Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid and WEDC. |
| + | [[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]] | ||
| + | [[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:40, 2 February 2015
| Suitable for: all users. |
| Construction | Advantages | Disadvantages | Improvements / variations | Cost / labour |
| Community borehole apron with wide circulation area and pedestal for container |
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Medium | ||
| Community tapstand with wide entrance and enlarged circulation area with raised edges (still under construction) |
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A concrete ramp instead of gravel at the entrance will improve access when construction is complete | Medium |
| Community borehole with wide circulation area added to usual circular apron with raised edge |
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Raised edge restricts access to placing and retrieving water container | Can be added to existing borehole structures |
Medium |
Acknowledgements
- Content and images: Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid and WEDC.
